DORIAN GRAY

a.k.a Il Dio Chiamato Dorian (Italy); The Evils of Dorian Gray; The Secret of Dorian Gray

ITALY / UK, 1970

Starring Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd, Marie Liljedahl, Margaret Lee & Maria Rohm

Directed by Massimo Dallamano

DVD: Raro (Italy); Widescreen 1:66:1; English/Italian language; Extras: Interview With Maurizio Tanfani

ROME AGAINST ROME

a.k.a Roma contra Roma (original title); Night Star: Goddess of Electra (USA TV title); War of the Zombies (USA)

ITALY, 1964

Starring John Drew Barrymore, Susy Andersen & Ettore Manni

Directed by Giuseppe Vari

DVD: (UK); Fullscreen; English language; English language; No extras

Pretty good fullscreen print. Unfortunely it's the short 1h22m version. It's a really nice gothic peplum that deserves a better release.

BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS

a.k.a Le Amazzoni - Donne D'amore e gi Guerra (original title); Beauty of the Barbarian (UK video title); Fighting Amazon (Sweden video title)

ITALY / SPAIN, 1973

Starring Lucretia Love, Licoln Tate, Paolo Tedesco & Frank Braña

Directed by Alfonso Bescia

Baroness (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

THE DIRTY SEVEN

a.k.a La Belva dalle Calda Pelle (original title); Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert (USA); Farligt Uppdrag (Sweden video title)

ITALY, 1982

Starring Laura Gemser, Angela Infanti, Gabriele Tinti & Vassili Karis

Directed by Bruno Fontana

Breien (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles

FANTASTIC ARGOMAN

a.k.a Come Rubare la Corona d'Inghilterra (original title); Argoman the Fantastic Superman (UK); The Incredible Paris Incident (USA); How to Steal the Crown of England (UK)

ITALY, 1967

Starring Roger Browne, Dominique Boschero & Eduardo Fajardo

Directed by Sergio Grieco

Inter-Ocean Video (UK); Letterboxed; English language

My favorite italian superhero flick. They don't come much swankier!

DISCO-ROCK CRAZY

a.k.a Brillantia Rock (original title); Disco Crazy

ITALY, 1979

Starring Monty Ray Garrson, Cecilia Buonocore & Auretta Gay

Directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini

Trix (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles

Hilarious Travolta-sploitation with dance sequences that makes you pee your pants with laughter! All the comedy in this comedy is unintentional of course. A party classic.

BLASTFIGHTER

a.k.a Force of Vengeance

ITALY, 1984

Starring Michael Sopkiw, Valentina Forte, George Eastman & Michele Soavi

Directed by Lamberto Bava

VTC (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles; A little bit cut (I think)

LIGHTBLAST

a.k.a Colpi di Luce (original title)

Italy, 1985

Starring Erik Estrada, Peggy Rowe & Ennio Girolami

Directed by Enzo G. Castellari

Transworld (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish sutitles

QUEENS OF EVIL

a.k.a Le Regine (original title)

Italy / France, 1970

Starring Ray Lovelock, Ida Galli, Silvia Monti & Haydée Politoff

Directed by Tonino Cervi

Hokushin (UK); Fullscreen; English language

RAIDERS OF THE MAGIC IVORY

a.k.a I Predatori della Pietra Magica (original title); Predators of the Magic Stone (international)

Italy, 1988

Starring Chris Ahrens, Clarissa Mendez & James Mitchum

Directed by Tonino Ricci

HMV Movies (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

Bizarre mixture of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo and some sci-fi. It's not particulary "good" as in well-made but arguably one of the more entertaining films in the deadly dull genre of italian Indiana Jones-copies. At least it's action-packed, offbeat and never gets boring. By hack director Tonino Ricci, of all people.

WARBUS

Italy / Phillipines, 1986

Starring Daniel Stephen, Romano Kristoff & Urs Althaus

Directed by Ferdinando Baldi

MDC Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

CROSS MISSION

a.k.a Fuoco Incrociato (original title)

Italy, 1988

Starring Richard Randall, Nelson de la Rosa & Brigitte Porsche

Directed by Alfonso Brescia

Columbia (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

OK italo action, a little better than average (which is not saying much). What makes it a keeper is the warped scenes with the world's shortest actor Nelson de la Rosa, from Ratman, as the magic midget mascot (!) of the evil drug baron.

HEROD THE GREAT

a.k.a Erode il Grande (original title)

Italy, 1959

Starring Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez, Ettore Manni & Massimo Girotti

Directed by Viktor Tourjansky

DVD: Elstree Hill (UK); English language

CRUEL JAWS

a.k.a Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws (USA); The Beast; Jaws '96 (Japan video title)

Italy / USA, 1995

Starring a bunch of n00bs

Directed by "William Snyder"... you're not fooling anybody, Bruno Mattei

SHVY (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

BAAAAD scene-by-scene "remake" of Jaws, with lots of liften scene from The Last Jaws, Deep Blood and, I think, even some tinted scenes from the original Jaws! And the soundtrack is liften from Star Wars!!! Theaving de luxe, braindead script and some truly atrocious acting makes for hilarious Grade Z entertainment. Just like Troll 2 you sometimes wonder if the director was in on the joke.

GUNGALA LA VERGINE DELLA GIUNGLA

a.k.a Virgin of the Jungle (USA); Djungelflickan (Sweden)

Italy, 1967

Starring Kitty Swan, Linda Veras & Conrad Loth

Directed by Romano Ferrara

Toshiba (Japan); Widescreen; Italian with japanese subtitles

COP GAME

Italy, 1988

Starring Brent Huff, Max Laurel, Werner Pochath & Alex McBride

Directed by Bruno Mattei

Toshiba (JAP); Letterboxed; English with japanese subtitles

RATMAN

a.k.a Quella Villa in Fonda al Parco (original title); Terror House (Germany)

Italy, 1988

Starring Nelson de la Rosa, David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Werner Pochath & Eva Grimaldi

Directed by Giuliano Carnimeo

Albatros (Japan); Letterboxed; English with japanese subtitles

TOP LINE

a.k.a Alien Terminator (UK)

Italy, 1988

Starring Franco Nero, George Kennedy, William Berger & Deborah More

Directed by Nello Rossati

SHV (Japan); Letterboxed; English with japanese subitles

This movie has a little bit of everything: action, science fiction, horror, nazis, aliens, Indiana Jones-influences and even some The Terminator thrown in for good measure! Franco Nero ones again plays a drunk, cynic journalist with some issues with women. Good fun.

DEATH RIDES A HORSE

a.k.a Da Uomo a Uomo (original title); As Man To Man (USA); Hämndens Timme (Sweden)

Italy, 1967

Starring Lee Van Cleef, John Philip Law, Luigi Pistilli & Mario Brega

Directed by Giulio Petroni

DVD: MGM (UK); 2:35:1 Widescreen; English/italian language with various subtitles

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST II

a.k.a Natura Contro (original title); The Green Inferno (International); Amazonas Hemlighet (Sweden)

Italy, 1988

Starring Mario Merlo, Fabrizio Merlo, May Deseligny & Pio Maria Federici

Directed by Antonio Climati

DVD: Vipco (UK); Fullscreen; English language; Extras: Trailer